New York Is Not a Democracy

Could ranked-choice voting help Zohran Mamdani beat Andrew Cuomo?

By Annie Lowrey

“… former Governor Andrew Cuomo is in an improbably close race for mayor with Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist and member of the state assembly...”

“… They are leading a field of a dozen mayoral candidates who will face off in a ranked-choice election for the Democratic primary on June 24. (Because the city has six times as many registered Democrats as registered Republicans, the Democratic primary is generally the de facto mayoral election.) Instead of picking one person to lead the city, voters will rank up to five candidates…”